Informal Networks Social Capital of Fathers: What Does the Social Engagement Survey Tell Us?

Using the General Social Survey on Social Engagement conducted by Statistics Canada in 2003, this paper examines social capital derived from informal networks and its variation among men categorized as: (1) men with no children, and (2) men living with children in (a) intact, (b) step, and (c) lone parent families. The focus on men stems from a concern that their role in families has not been as extensively studied as that of women. The results show that married men living with children have higher social capital - measured in terms of the number of friends, relatives, and neighbours, and in their level of trust in them - than lone fathers or step fathers in cohabiting unions. Compared to child-free men, married fathers have higher social capital but also tend to have friends who are more similar to themselves in age, education, or income

Bifurcation by Social Status in the Onset of Fatherhood

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Membership in Organizations and Confidence in Institutions: Men’s Social Capital and Its Differentials by Family Structures

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Life Course Trajectories Before and After Retirement

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Intergenerational Support and Family Cohesion

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Changes in Economic Status and Timing Of Marriage of Young Canadians

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Population Change and Life Course: Taking stock and looking to the future

This paper takes advantage of the insights from the culminating conference of the Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster (PCLC), a collaborative network of academic researchers and policy people, in partnership with a number of Canadian federal agencies. The PCLC focused on strategic issues regarding population change, and on research that takes a life course perspective, with the central objective of sharing the associated knowledge. We first summarize and note some important observations from the Conference sessions that were dedicated to “taking stock”, specifically on: Aging and paid work; Health over the life course; Immigrants and migrants; Population composition: Aboriginal and Visible Minorities; Caregiving and social participation; Families; and Aging, lifelong learning and life course flexibility. The summary points to the need to pay attention to various sub-groups as we adapt to changing population; and, that attention to life course enables analysis of how given groups are more vulnerable than others. Based not only on the presentations at the conference, we finish with reflections on future considerations in terms of (1) strategic issues, (2) data issues, and (3) collaborative structures that would support a continuation of the interface of research, data, policy, and partnerships

Relative Participation of Men and Women in Paid and Unpaid Work: An Analysis of Variations by Individual, Family and Community Characteristics

On the basis of the 1998 General Social Survey on Time Use, the relative participation in paid and unpaid work of partners in a household is classified into three types: complementary wherein one partner, usually the wife, does more unpaid work while the other partner does more paid work; double burden wherein one partner does more unpaid work while doing more or the same amount of paid work; and shared roles wherein both partners do about the same amount unpaid work. Couples who are cohabiting, and couples where both partners are working fulltime, have a higher likelihood of both shared roles and double burdens, compared to complementary roles. Shared roles are less common at older ages, with lower levels of education, and for those with higher religiosity. Double-burdens are more common when there are no children, also less common in rural areas, but more common in communities where there is a low proportion of immigrants